UPDATE: Rhizomes: Feminisms' Others (3/15/07; journal issue)

As with Rhizomes 7, Theory's Others, this special issue will provide aspace for theorists whose work falls outside the usual academicboundaries, but here the focus will be on feminist thought. In thatfeminism fundamentally aims to correct misconceptions about women inorder to bring about social and cultural gender equality, feminists mustrepresent -- and circulate representations -- of women as a group, whichwould be impossible without making some general statements about women.

Most feminist activists inside and outside academe recognize women'sdiversity and try to be inclusive rather than defining the group called"women" by exclusion. However, in practice, feminist generalizationsabout women often do exclude certain types of behavior, desires,self-images, histories, creative and intellectual pursuits. I amparticularly interested in hearing from women whose work concerns whatseems denied or even abjected by the dominant/majoritist trends infeminist theory today.